Best Documentary Films of 2011 with AJ Schnack
Episode 3 : BYOD: Bring Your Own Doc
Episode Synopsis
The end of the year is here! And for our last BYOD show of 2011 we have A.J. Schnack with us to review the best documentaries of 2011. The next hour is a breakdown of the good, bad and ugly released over the past year. AJ also talks about his experiences making his documentaries, Kurt Cobain: About a Son and Convention, the film festival he founded, Cinema Eye Honors, and his film blog All these wonderful things.
Guest Bio
AJ Schnack is an independent filmmaker. He directed Kurt Cobain: About a Son, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. His first feature film was a documentary about the Brooklyn-based band They Might Be Giants titled Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns).
In late 2007, he founded the Cinema Eye Honors, an award for nonfiction filmmaking that was first presented at the IFC Center in New York City on March 18, 2008.
Schnack writes the film blog All these wonderful things, which focuses on news related to nonfiction or documentary filmmaking.
Episode Breakdown
00:00 Intro
04:00 Politics and life in Iowa. AJ’s latest project.
10:40 When and why did you make ‘Kurt Cobain: About A Son’?
14:00 How AJ and Ondi met.
15:20 Clip of ‘Kurt Cobain: About A Son’.
18:05 Did you make your money back on this film?
18:50 Did you raise money for the film you’re making now?
19:15 Review of ‘Buck’
25:25 Review of ‘Project Nim’.
31:30 Review of ‘The Interruptors’.
37:27 What inspired you to start the blog ‘All These Wonderful Things’?
39:02 How did you get involved in film?
40:08 What do you think is the music doc of the year?
45:53 ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’ Trailer.
48:20 Vlad the rapper.
48:49 Review of ‘Paradise Lost 3′.
52:30 A lot of different projects around this one subject.
56:46 Directors for Hire.
59:20 Recommended documentaries.
1:01:20 AJ’s predictions for this year’s Academy Nominees and some of the problems that Documentary films face when vying for nomination.
1:06:00 AJ’s Documentary film festival Cinema Eye Honors.
1:07:00 Wrap Up.
Additional Links
http://www.cinemaeyehonors.com/
http://www.justinbieberneversaynever.com/
http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/index.html#/documentaries/paradise-lost-3-purgatory
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